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Ming-Jun Li

Ming-Jun Li

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber

Ming-Jun Li, Dana Bookbinder and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive optical fiber. This technology can bend without causing significant signal…
Inducted in: 2022
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 7,450,806, 7,903,917, 8,385,701

Eugene Sullivan

PYREX® Brand Cookware

Eugene C. Sullivan left the U.S. Geological Survey and came to Corning where he founded the Corning Glass Works' research lab in 1908. With degrees…
Inducted in: 2011
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 1,304,622
Died:

S. Donald Stookey

Glass Ceramics

Donald Stookey invented glass ceramics, materials that embodied important advances in glass technology and led to the popular CorningWare line of…
Inducted in: 2010
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,920,971
Died:
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J. Franklin Hyde

Transparent Silica

J. Franklin Hyde was with Corning Glass when he discovered a way to create a pure glass called fused silica. He was also a forerunner in developing…
Inducted in: 2000
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,272,342
Died:
Pushkar Tandon

Pushkar Tandon

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber

Pushkar Tandon, Dana Bookbinder and Ming-Jun Li invented ClearCurve® optical fiber, a bend-insensitive optical fiber capable of bending without…
Inducted in: 2022
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 7,450,806, 7,903,917, 8,385,701

Dale Kleist

Fiberglass

An accidental discovery made by Dale Kleist was the crucial breakthrough needed for manufacturing insulation-quality glass fibers in commercial…
Inducted in: 2006
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,121,802
Died:
National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductee Rodney D. Bagley

Rodney D. Bagley

Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters

Rodney Bagley was on the Corning team that created the ceramic substrate inside catalytic converters. His work was instrumental in allowing the…
Inducted in: 2002
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,790,654
Died:
Irwin M. Lachman

Irwin M. Lachman

Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters

Working at Corning, Irwin Lachman co-invented the ceramic substrate found in virtually all catalytic converters. Catalytic converters provide cleaner…
Inducted in: 2002
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,885,977
Died:
Military Service: U.S. Air Force

Robert D. Maurer

Optical Fiber

Corning Glass researchers Robert D. Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz developed fiber-optic wire, capable of carrying thousands of times more…
Inducted in: 1993
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 3,659,915, 3,711,262
Military Service: U.S. Army
Dana Bookbinder

Dana Bookbinder

Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber

Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical fiber. Because this breakthrough technology can bend…
Inducted in: 2022
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 7,450,806, 7,903,917, 8,385,701

John H. Thomas

Fiberglass

Jack Thomas, Dale Kleist, and Games Slayter invented the process for making glass fiber insulation in commercial quantities. Fiberglass insulation is…
Inducted in: 2006
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 2,121,802, 2,133,236
Died:

Games Slayter

Fiberglass

In the 1930s, Games Slayter, the driving force behind Owens Corning technology and innovation, envisioned a glass fiber material that was lighter and…
Inducted in: 2006
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 2,133,236
Died:
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Donald B. Keck

Optical Fiber

Donald B. Keck worked with Robert Maurer and Peter Schultz at Corning Laboratories to create the first successful optical fiber in 1970. In the 1880s…
Inducted in: 1993
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 3,659,915, 3,711,262
Ronald M. Lewis

Ronald M. Lewis

Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters

Ronald Lewis co-invented the ceramic substrate found in catalytic converters, the device used on cars to reduce pollutants into harmless byproducts.…
Inducted in: 2002
Born:
U.S. Patent No.: 3,885,977
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Peter C. Schultz

Optical Fiber

Fiber optics have become an integral part of our world since Peter C. Schultz, Robert Maurer, and Donald Keck found a way to produce an efficient…
Inducted in: 1993
Born:
U.S. Patent Nos.: 3,659,915, 3,711,262